Anita Gray deals in Asian and European porcelain and works of art. We have been established in Davies Street, London, for over 45 years.
Our speciality is Chinese porcelain and works of art from the 16th to the 18th century. Focussing on items made for the Imperial court, the Chinese domestic market and export markets.
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of squat stem shape with slightly flaring foot, following a European metal form, the bowl painted with a broad band of peony blooms around the sand perforations, an incised blue line at the rim and on...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of octagonal form, richly decorated in bright overglaze enamels highlighted with gilding, the centre with two finely enamelled pheasants, one, its wings outstretched, hovering above a lotus tree, the...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of oval form, with c-shaped handle, straight spout and low domed cover finished with a bud finial, the body boldly painted in shades of overglaze blue with large well-drawn flowering branches,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
With lotus petal shaped rim, painted in the center with a medallion enclosing a large feathery lotus bloom surrounded by smaller flowerheads, all in shades of pink, brown, green, blue and white...
Porcelain & Ceramics
With bulbous bodies, pinched spout and rounded handle, painted in bright 'famille rose' enamels with two large shaped cartouches, one with a figurative scene set in a watery landscape of a group of...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Brightly painted in the centre with a cockerel and chicken mating near a surprised Chinese maiden in a walled garden amongst flowering tree‑peony, the border decorated with peach, pomegranate and...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Set in a wood-framed and metal-clasped box with four large rectangular panels on the long sides, the interior and the top of the cover and two square panels on the narrow sides, the panels decorated...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form decorated in famille rose enamels with a large central roundel depicting a scene set in a rocky landscape of Shoulao holding his emblem, the peach, in his hand and carrying a ruyi-stick...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form decorated in famille rose enamels with a large central roundel depicting a scene set in a mountainous and rocky landscape with two scholars dressed in long robes conversing at a table...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of square form with chamfered corners, a double scrolling foliate border painted in black on light green on the inside rim, and an octagonal panel decorated with European gentlemen in a woodland...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of square section with tapering sides with a flat base and a short, flared neck, each of the four corners with decorative flanges reaching midway down the sides from the squared shoulder, enameled in...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of square form with chamfered corners, painted around the exterior with a continuous scene of two European gentlemen, one seated on a rock underneath a tree, dressed in pink short robes, green knee...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form and deep bowl with a flattened foliate rim, painted in shades of underglaze blue, the central medallion decorated with auspicious objects including a double gourd and ruyi-heads, all...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Modelled in the shape of a carp leaping from lively cresting waves, two further small fish swimming alongside, set with a slender loop handle and spout, expressively glazed on the biscuit in splashes...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round shape, deep bowl and foliate edge, finely painted in vibrant blue, the centre decorated with a bird perched on stylised rockwork another bird hovering above and a butterfly in flight, issuing...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Circular, of European silver form with scalloped edges, the interior of the bowl of the salt moulded with spiral panels each containing a flower, alternating between two types of flowers, each on a...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of barrel shape with a moulded, rounded and slightly everted short foot, decorated on the body with four large gently moulded cartouches painted with scenes of flowering and budding branches issuing...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of round form with foliate rim, decorated in shades of underglaze blue, the well painted in sprays of chrysanthemum, lotus, prunus and peony, set within a border of eight lotus petal panels, each...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The lid embossed and painted with a trophy of the chase, showing a powder flask, hunting horn, dead hare and a bandoliere inscribed: 'A la chasse amoureuse', the base with flower sprays reserved on a...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Richly decorated in bright overglaze enamels highlighted with gilding, the centre with two pheasants perched upon flowering branches, the border with four cartouches containing insects and foliage...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of circular section and unusual ribbed form, decorated in famille verte enamels and formed in ridged registers of 'bamboo cane' ribs, the lowest with a band of lotus scroll beneath a band of diaper...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of diablo shape, the high, domed body on three delicately moulded feet, a short, straight neck widening into a flared rim, which opens up to the shallow bowl of the salt; decorated in underglaze blue,...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Each of diablo shape, the high, domed body on three delicately moulded feet, a short, straight neck widening into a flared rim, which opens up to the shallow bowl of the salt; decorated in underglaze...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of bulbous form and short straight neck, painted in brilliant shades of underglaze blue enamels with on the sides two large shaped panels decorated with antiques and auspicious symbols, in between...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Comprising three baluster and two beaker vases, the bodies finely painted in shades of red with tree shrews scampering among fruiting vine leaves and tendrils, highlighted in gold, the rims with a...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of oval shape, with raised moulded lotus petal shaped decoration around the base, large shell shaped handles at each end, and a domed cover finished with a finial in the shape of a mythological beast;...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of elegant globular form, raised on a short slightly everted foot, the slender neck rising to a flared rim, with a raised collar around the centre of the neck; painted in bright shades of underglaze...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of spirally fluting baluster form, the moulded body decorated in underglaze blue and famille verte enamels vibrantly painted with many blossoms including lotus, chrysanthemum, prunus and others amidst...
Porcelain & Ceramics
The hexagonal body with three interior compartments, moulded to each end with a mask head, the body decorated blooming flowers within petal-like borders, the cover decorated similarly, featuring also...
Porcelain & Ceramics
Of triple gourd form decorated in vibrant shades of underglaze blue, raised on a short straight foot, the slender cylindrical neck rising to everted, trumpet-shaped mouth rim; the lower gourd...
